The magazine that thinks everything is erotic.
The erotics of a dance rehearsal take centre stage in the Autumn/Winter Issue of Erotic Review, with a brand new collaborative artwork by choreographer Holly Blakey and photographer Oliver Chanarin.
LONDON — For immediate release Erotic Review publishes its sixth issue since relaunching in print in 2024, on newsstands from 19 October 2026.
For Issue 6, choreographer and director Holly Blakey, guest art curator, captures the intimacy of creation when dancers meet at rehearsal. The result is The Rehearsal: Notes on a Fictional Performance, a 48-page book within the magazine, made in collaboration with award-winning photographer Oliver Chanarin. Inspired by 1940s choreography and Brecht's Modelbooks, Blakey and Chanarin channel the eroticism of the dancing body to explore presence, possibility, failure and pleasure. The work also brings together artists Eve Stainton and Lewis Walker and rehearsal director Sharia Johnson. Director Fiona Jane Burgess has created a visual narrative to this encounter, shaping her candid footage into a six-minute film premiering on Nowness (23 October) called The Rehearsal.
"This is an ode to artistic collaboration and possibility," Lucy Roeber writes in her editor's letter, "to all the people who made it happen and to all that can be created when given the space."
"I see searching for pleasure as my political act," says Blakey, "a political practice of joy."
“The human condition is a fictional dance rehearsal, we are all a fantasy of ourselves. The more we explore desire, the closer we get to finding our truths.” Frith Kerr
For the first time, Erotic Review are selling an original Oliver Chanarin 8 x 10 print (Motif 2) from the magazine, in an edition of 25. As well as an original Holly Blakey designed, limited-edition ‘Liar’ t-shirt from Motif 6 from The Rehearsal. Both on sale from 16 October.
Also in Issue 6
- Philippa Snow gives her bold take on Bonnie Blue, consumerism and sensation in ‘Blue Movies’
- Vincenzo Latronico, author of the literary sensation Perfection, asks what might be a better word for for oral sex in ‘Suck It and See’, translated by Sophie Hughes
- Pornographer Erika Lust tells us her ‘Five Erotic Words’
- Emerging voice william o'neal ii on Sheree Rose and Bob Flanagan, in ‘Dominatrix as Caregiver: The Freedoms Found in Bondage’
- P Eldridge (SISSY ANARCHY) on transitioning, diagnosis and writing the body in ‘SUPERNUMERARY’
- Sharmadean Reid (Beautystack, WAH Nails) on the power of embodying Cleopatra
- Allie Rowbottom (Lovers XXX) tells us what she masturbates about
- New fiction and writing from Eduardo Halfon, Vijay Khurana, Niven Govinden, Tuly Salumu (tr. Emma Rault), Lola Olufemi, and Hendrik Otremba (tr. Jen Calleja)
- Poetry from ms RedCherries, Mona Arshi and Jesse Nathan
Desire, in Erotic Review, is not a niche subject but a lens. Everything is erotic // that is the editorial position.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Erotic Review
First published in 1995, the Erotic Review relaunched in print in March 2024 as a collectible art and literary journal that explores desire. Designed by Studio Frith and with a guest art curator for every issue, the biannual Erotic Review publishes essays, art, poetry and stories. Join the conversation by subscribing to our Substack and coming to our events. Subscribe to the magazine and find local stockists at www.ermagazine.com
About Lucy Roeber
Lucy Roeber is the founder, editor and publisher of the Erotic Review. Recently, she’s been curating events with the ICA, BerlinPornFlimFestival, Reference Point and the Groucho Club, and has published articles and essays in the TLS, the Guardian and the Real Review amongst others.
About Saskia Vogel
Saskia Vogel is the co-creator and deputy editor of Erotic Review. This October, she’s a jury member of the PornFilmFestival Berlin. Her sensibility is informed by her work as an award-winning literary translator and novelist, and a former editor at an adult industry trade publication.
About Studio Frith
“The go to graphic designer for creative clients”—The New York Times. Founded by Frith Kerr in 2009, the studio produces acclaimed work for some of the world’s leading brands, cultural institutions and artists.
Issue 6, Autumn/Winter 2026 — 168 pages,
Editor & Publisher: Lucy Roeber
Deputy Editor: Saskia Vogel
Guest Art Curator: Holly Blakey
Design & Art Direction: Frith Kerr & Claire Koster, Studio Frith
Distributed by Public Knowledge Books, and by Ra & Olly in the US
Interviews with Lucy Roeber, Saskia Vogel, Holly Blakey, Oliver Chanarin, Frith Kerr and contributors available on request.
Review copies, images and the film The Rehearsal available on request.
Press contact
Helena Kate Whittingham, Lover Management
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